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Facts: The graph refers to a plane's flight from one location to another. The vertical axis represents the distance, in kilometers, between the plane and its destination. The horizontal axis represents the time, t minutes, since takeoff.

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The plane was closer to its destination at

Of all of the 20-minute intervals beginning and ending at times labeled on the graph, the interval in which the plane traveled farthest toward its destination was the interval from

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I made the same mistake on this IR question and was wondering how could they consider the plane to be closer at "t=60-80" instead of "t=240-260" but I guess we all missed the conjunction "than" which brings in comparison within each time frame. So ideally the question was asking whether
a. the plane was closer at t=60 than at t=80
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b. the plane was closer at t=240 than at t=260

Looking at the graph only in case of a the statement holds true as the plane was closer at t=60 and the distance increased at t=80
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Hi..

For all those confused on the questions..

Question I
The first question talks of the interval when the distance from destination increased. So, in general as time elapses, the destination comes closer, so any move downwards and right is giving closeness to the destination..
But at 60 and 80, rather than moving downwards, it is moving upwards, so it is moving farther away from the destination during this interval. Now, the flight is not going to take an exact straight path towards the destination. It may be the plane has to take a small detour because of some disturbance or a no flying zone.
Even at interval 120-140, the distance remains constant
Answer - 60-80

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You have to find the maximum distance that the plane travels in a time interval..
the answer is the interval where the drop is the steepest.. 180-200­
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We have lot of points on the horizontal axis while the dropdowns have only 3-4 options, so work on the options directly to save time.

1) The plane was closer to its destination at __1__
The dropdowns tell us that the destination has to be farther even after flying for some extra time. In the graph, it will refer to points when the curve moves up as it moves right.
Look at the three options:
180-200: the curve moves down during the period, so teh destination comes closer.
60-80: the curve moves up during the period, and is our answer.
240-260: the curve, here too, moves down during the period, so the destination comes closer.

2) Of all of the 20-minute intervals beginning and ending at times labeled on the graph, the interval in which the plane traveled farthest toward its destination was the interval from __2__
We have to look at the 20-minute intervals that has the greatest downward slope: We can see that the period 160-200 has the greatest slope, so our answer should generally be within this range.
Look at the three options:
240-260: the curve moves from 20 to 5 approx during the period.
60-80: the curve moves up during the period, and we know the plane moves farther away..
180-200: the curve moves 110 to 65,so moves closest during this period and is our answer

 
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­Facts: The graph refers to a plane's flight from one location to another. The vertical axis represents the distance, in kilometers, between the plane and its destination. The horizontal axis represents the time, t minutes, since takeoff.

Make the appropriate selection from each drop-down menu to complete each sentence so that it is consistent with the information presented in the graph.­



1) The plane was closer to its destination at

2) Of all of the 20-minute intervals beginning and ending at times labeled on the graph, the interval in which the plane traveled farthest toward its destination was the interval from 


 
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The graph shows distance from destination on Y axis as time progresses on X axis. It starts at 240 km and ends at 0 which makes sense. The place of origin was 240 km away from the destination and time taken for the journey was 280 mins. 

1) The plane was closer to its destination at  __________ 

The graph is falling generally which makes sense since distance from destination will decrease as time passes. But it isn't an all smooth graph. There are some inflections in the graph - what do they show? Between 60 to 80, the graph is rising. At around 60 mins, distance to destination is about 185 km and at 80 mins, distance to destination is about 197 km. So the plane had to loop around perhaps because of bad weather or something.  
Hence the plane was closer to its destination at t = 60 than at t = 80

ANSWER: at t = 60 than at t = 80


2) Of all of the 20-minute intervals beginning and ending at times labeled on the graph, the interval in which the plane traveled farthest toward its destination was the interval from ______

The 20 min intervals labeled on the graph are 0 - 20 min, 20 - 40  mins etc.  The plane travel farthest in that interval in which the plane reduced the 'distance from destination' rapidly i.e. in which the graph fell rapidly. We can see that the slope of the graph is maximum between 180 - 200 mins. 

ANSWER: 180 - 200 mins
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KarishmaB maa'm , Would you like to explain a bit more on the 2nd question ? Why is the answer not t=60 to t=80 ? In that case , the flight goes upwards first and then  moves downwards.
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­Facts: The graph refers to a plane's flight from one location to another. The vertical axis represents the distance, in kilometers, between the plane and its destination. The horizontal axis represents the time, t minutes, since takeoff.

Make the appropriate selection from each drop-down menu to complete each sentence so that it is consistent with the information presented in the graph.­



1) The plane was closer to its destination at

2) Of all of the 20-minute intervals beginning and ending at times labeled on the graph, the interval in which the plane traveled farthest toward its destination was the interval from 


 
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The graph shows distance from destination on Y axis as time progresses on X axis. It starts at 240 km and ends at 0 which makes sense. The place of origin was 240 km away from the destination and time taken for the journey was 280 mins. 

1) The plane was closer to its destination at  __________ 

The graph is falling generally which makes sense since distance from destination will decrease as time passes. But it isn't an all smooth graph. There are some inflections in the graph - what do they show? Between 60 to 80, the graph is rising. At around 60 mins, distance to destination is about 185 km and at 80 mins, distance to destination is about 197 km. So the plane had to loop around perhaps because of bad weather or something.  
Hence the plane was closer to its destination at t = 60 than at t = 80

ANSWER: at t = 60 than at t = 80


2) Of all of the 20-minute intervals beginning and ending at times labeled on the graph, the interval in which the plane traveled farthest toward its destination was the interval from ______

The 20 min intervals labeled on the graph are 0 - 20 min, 20 - 40  mins etc.  The plane travel farthest in that interval in which the plane reduced the 'distance from destination' rapidly i.e. in which the graph fell rapidly. We can see that the slope of the graph is maximum between 180 - 200 mins. 

ANSWER: 180 - 200 mins
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KarishmaB maa'm , Would you like to explain a bit more on the 2nd question ? Why is the answer not t=60 to t=80 ? In that case , the flight goes upwards first and then  moves downwards.
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­Facts: The graph refers to a plane's flight from one location to another. The vertical axis represents the distance, in kilometers, between the plane and its destination. The horizontal axis represents the time, t minutes, since takeoff.

Make the appropriate selection from each drop-down menu to complete each sentence so that it is consistent with the information presented in the graph.­



1) The plane was closer to its destination at

2) Of all of the 20-minute intervals beginning and ending at times labeled on the graph, the interval in which the plane traveled farthest toward its destination was the interval from 


 
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The graph shows distance from destination on Y axis as time progresses on X axis. It starts at 240 km and ends at 0 which makes sense. The place of origin was 240 km away from the destination and time taken for the journey was 280 mins. 

1) The plane was closer to its destination at  __________ 

The graph is falling generally which makes sense since distance from destination will decrease as time passes. But it isn't an all smooth graph. There are some inflections in the graph - what do they show? Between 60 to 80, the graph is rising. At around 60 mins, distance to destination is about 185 km and at 80 mins, distance to destination is about 197 km. So the plane had to loop around perhaps because of bad weather or something.  
Hence the plane was closer to its destination at t = 60 than at t = 80

ANSWER: at t = 60 than at t = 80


2) Of all of the 20-minute intervals beginning and ending at times labeled on the graph, the interval in which the plane traveled farthest toward its destination was the interval from ______

The 20 min intervals labeled on the graph are 0 - 20 min, 20 - 40  mins etc.  The plane travel farthest in that interval in which the plane reduced the 'distance from destination' rapidly i.e. in which the graph fell rapidly. We can see that the slope of the graph is maximum between 180 - 200 mins. 

ANSWER: 180 - 200 mins
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­'farthest toward its destination' means it reduced the distance from destination to the maximum extent. In between 60 to 80, the plane increased its distance from destination so it was moving away from the destination for the most part. In 180 - 200 mins, it covered maximum distance toward the destination ( leftover distance fell from 110 km to 70 km in the span of these 20  mins)
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